The Secret Life of Pets

2016

ActionAdventureAnimation

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Synopsis

Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Max's life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. They have to put their quarrels behind when they find out that an adorable white bunny named Snowball is building an army of lost pets determined to take revenge

Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Max's life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. They have to put their quarrels behind when they find out that an adorable white bunny named Snowball is building an army of lost pets determined to take revenge

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by muslimbellydancer9 / 10

Me and my son Muhammad loved it .

Inside of a Manhattan apartment building, a terrier named Max (Louis
C.K.) lives a pampered life with his owner Katie (Ellie Kemper) and
hangs out with other pets like Chloe (Lake Bell), Mel (Bobby Moynihan),
Buddy (Hannibal Buress), and Sweet Pea (Tara Strong). One day, Katie
adopts a large, sloppy, hairy dog called Duke (Eric Stonestreet) from
the pound. Max gets jealous when Katie pays more attention to Duke.
Annoyed with Max's condescending attitude, Duke tricks Max into
traveling far into the city, where they are attacked by a gang of cats,
including Ozone (Steve Coogan). The cats remove Max and Duke's collars,
causing them to both be caught by Animal Control. Duke fears that he
will now be put down if he ends up back at the pound. They are rescued
by a white rabbit called Snowball (Kevin Hart), who Max and Duke
convince that they are vicious, abandoned pets.Snowball brings Max and Duke into the sewers where they meet his cult
of abandoned or mistreated animals called "The Flushed Pets," who
despise humans. Believing that Max and Duke hate humans, they invite
them to join the group. They go through an initiation which involves
being bitten by a one-fanged viper. Max and Duke kill the snake and
Snowball finds out they're domesticated; the Flushed Pets chase them
out and Max and Duke escape to the Brooklyn harbor. Snowball vows to
kill them for lying, and sets off to find them.When Gidget (Jenny Slate), a white Pomeranian who has a crush on Max,
finds out that he is missing, she recruits a savage red-tailed hawk
called Tiberius (Albert Brooks) to help look for him. After being
interrogated by the pair, Ozone directs them to the sewer. Gidget, Mel,
Buddy, Chloe, Norman (Chris Renaud), Sweet Pea, and Tiberius trek
across the harsh metropolitan environment in search of Max and Duke,
with help from a paralyzed elderly Basset Hound called Pops (Dana
Carvey). The group encounters Snowball, who vows to kill them as well.
They escape, but Norman is later captured.Having worked together to escape from their misadventures with Animal
Control and Snowball's Flushed Pets, Max and Duke begin to see a more
positive side to each other's company. They raid a sausage factory,
indulging in large amounts of sausage, and Duke opens up to Max about a
previous owner of his named Fred, who lived in Brooklyn. Fred had
adopted Duke as a puppy and raised him lovingly, but one day when he
ran outside the house to chase after something, he became lost and was
taken by Animal Control, and Fred seemingly never came for him.
Although Duke isn't sure about whether or not Fred would want to see
him again, Max convinces him that Fred would rejoice upon seeing him
again and convinces Duke to set out in search of his former owner. They
arrive at the right house, only to find out from a cat living there
that Fred has died after Duke left. Morose and hurt, Duke accuses Max
of trying to get rid of him and barks at the new owners of the house,
who report him as a stray. Once again he is caught by Animal Control,
while helping prevent Max from the same fate.Max follows the truck, planning to rescue Duke, but he is pursued by
Snowball and some of his Flushed Pets. When Snowball's henchmen are
subsequently also taken by the Animal Control as a result of the
pursuit, Max and Snowball join forces to rescue their respective
cronies. They chase down the Animal Control truck using a city bus,
crashing it on the Brooklyn Bridge and stopping traffic. More of
Snowball's gang appear and, unaware of Max and Snowball's new alliance,
they try to kill Max on the Brooklyn Bridge until Gidget and the others
save him. The truck starts to slide off the bridge; Snowball's captured
Flushed Pets escape, but the truck falls into the East River with Duke
and Max inside. Max tries to unlock Duke's cage, but the keys float
away. Snowball jumps off the bridge into the water and brings Max the
spare keys. Max rescues Duke and they get back to the surface, as the
truck sinks to the bottom.Using a taxi, all of the pets go back to the apartment district. Max
displays his admiration for Gidget, who returns his feelings. Snowball
reluctantly allows himself to be adopted by a little girl and the other
Flushed Pets return to the sewers. The other pets return to and embrace
their owners when they return and Max and Duke finally reunite with
Katie, sparking a new friendship.In a mid-credit scene, Snowball invites Mel and Buddy (dressed as a
Minion from Despicable Me and a Barbaloot from The Lorax, respectively)
to a party hosted by a rock obsessed poodle named Leonard. However, it
is immediately interrupted when Leonard's owner shows up. Although
Leonard attempts to cover it up completely in presence of his owner, a
chandelier crashes on the floor with one of the Flushed Pets, Tattoo,
who had attended the party and attempted to hide in it.

Reviewed by abisio9 / 10

The best kids movie this side of the summer

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Reviewed by kanssdev9 / 10

A great movie for kids, greatly animated, AMAZING music, great story line, FUNNY!

If you are looking for a movie full of dramatic moments; slow pace and
sadness; that basically bore your kids but make the critics praise as a
masterpiece; stop reading and go to see some PIXAR / Disney movie (like
Dory or Zootopia) and watch your kids get impatient to get out of the
cinema. If on the other hand; you want your kids to laugh non-stop for about 90
minutes and you enjoy with them; then do not loose one minute, get
tickets for the Secret Life of Pet and start laughing on the first
minute with the Minions short and keep doing it short until the very
end of titles. There is some moral message about friendship, trust and
love; but it will be guilty pleasure laugh and a few suspenseful
moments.***SPOILER AHEAD**** Word of advice and possible spoiler; Snowball (the
rabbit) is the most twisted character seen lately in movies; it can
easily be part of an horror movie; but as played by Kevin Hart; it is
historically funny whenever on screen. The same can be said for Gidget
(played by Jenny Slate); her transition from a white sweet puppy to a
dangerous and terrifying fighter is another of the top moments of the
movie. ****END OF SPOILER****In brief; it will not win any Oscars; but is still the funniest movie
of the summer.